Nissan Motor Company Limited

Akihiko Sano

Yoshitaka Miura

Yasuhiro Niikura

Tokiyoshi Yanai

Tsutomu Kamitani

A bonding structure for a container member is disclosed. The container member has an opening and a covering member for covering the opening. The container member and covering member are abutted with each other and bonded by a friction stir welding operation. The bonding structure for the container and covering members comprises a bonding portion and a backing member. The bonding portion of the container member and the covering member is formed by inserting a friction stir welding tool into an abutting portion of the container member and the covering member. The backing member is provided for obstructing a plastic flow of materials for the container member and the covering member when the friction stir welding operation is performed. The backing member is disposed adjacent to the bonding portion, at a side of the abutting portion that is opposite to an inserting side of the friction stir welding tool.

Bonding structures for containers and method of bonding same

A vane wheel for torque converter with a plurality of blades formed integrally with a shell in a casting process is disclosed. The blade tilts relative to an axial direction of the vane wheel and has an inner surface located on a positive pressure side thereof and an outer surface located on a negative pressure side thereof. A root thickness in a middle section between an outer periphery side and an inner periphery side of the shell is thicker than a root thickness on the inner periphery side relative to a blade cross section along a circumferential direction from an axis center of the vane wheel.

Vane wheel for torque converter and manufacturing method

A torque distribution control device includes two rotational speed differential responsive type control couplings each having various transfer torque characteristics which differ in the ratio of a transfer torque to a rotational speed differential. The control device selects one of the torque transfer characteristics in response to a signal supplied thereto. When turning the outer wheel side control coupling is supplied with a signal for selecting the transfer torque characteristic that produces a maximum transfer torque for a given rotational speed differential, and the inner wheel side control coupling is supplied with a signal for attaining a non-slip rotational speed differential and for selecting the transfer torque characteristic that produces a transfer torque equal to that produced by the outer wheel side control coupling when the non-slip rotational speed differential is obtained. When the vehicle is running straight ahead, both control couplings are supplied with signals for selecting the transfer torque characteristics that produce maximum transfer torque for a given rotational speed differential.

Torque distribution control device

A transfer torque control device for a rotational speed responsive type control coupling is provided for providing a desired variation of a transfer torque in response to a variation of a rotational speed differential. The control coupling has orifices for restricting fluid flow therethrough and for thereby producing a transfer torque between first and second axle shafts. The transfer torque control device controls the orifices in such a manner that the openings of the orifices are varied successively in response to variations of the rotational speed differential to obtain the desired torque transfer characteristic.

Rotational speed differential responsive type control coupling with

A line pressure control system features the use of a self-adjusting arrangement wherein the total shift time is determined and compared with a target time for the instant shift. The line pressure control duty cycle is modified until the line pressure level is adjusted in a manner which reduces the difference between the actual total shift time and the target value, to zero.

Line pressure control arrangement for automatic automotive transmission

The magnitude of line pressure used for activating a friction device to be engaged during a shift is controlled based upon data stored in a RAM of a microcomputer based control unit. The data is updated based on the result of evaluation of a shift which has taken place and the magnitude of line pressure is controlled based on this updated data at a future or subsequent time of occurrence of a shift of the same kind. This learning control to update this data stored in the RAM is effected using an inertia phase time measured as criteria which the judgement of the quality of a shift is based on. The total length of time for a shift is measured and when the total length of time is greater than a predetermined value, the data in the RAM is modulated to cause a prompt substantial increase in the magnitude of line pressure, so that the line pressure will be increased at the subsequent future time of the occurrence of a shift of the same kind.

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Tokyo, Japan

Akihiko Sano